Cell Block Tango

Cell Block Tango: Accordi

Parlato:
Pop   Six   Squish   Uh-uh

Cicero   Lipschitz

And now, the six merry murderesses 
of the Cook County Jail
In their rendition of the Cell Block Tango

Cicero  Lipschitz 

Pop  Six  Squish  Uh-uh

Cicero  Lipschitz

Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
FAm                      SIbm    DO7
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
FAm                      SIbm    DO7
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz

   DO7    FA
He had it comin'
   DO7    FA
He had it comin'
   DO7  FA             FA7
He only had himself to blame
              SIb
If you'd have been there
              SIbm
If you'd have seen it
         REb7           DO7      FAm
I betcha you would have done the same

                  SIbm           DO7       FAm
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz
                  SIbm           DO7
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz

FA        FA7    SIb   SIbm   REb7 DO7 FA

Parlato:
You know how people have these little habits 
that get you down?
Like, Bernie
Bernie, he liked to chew gum
No, not chew, pop
So I came home this one day
And I'm really irritate
And I'm looking for a little bit o' sympathy
And there's Bernie, lyin' on the couch, 
drinkin' a beer and chewin'
No, not chewin'
Poppin'
So, I said to him, 
I said "You pop that gum one more time"
And he did
So I took the shotgun off the wall
And I fired two warning shots
...Into his head

DO7        FA
 He had it comin'
   DO7/5+ FA
He had it comin'
   DO7/5+ FA             FA7
He only   had himself to blame
              SIb
If you'd have been there
              SIbm
If you'd have heard it
         REb7           DO7      FAm
I betcha you would have done the same

SIbm  DO7  FAm      SIbm  DO7

FA        FA7    SIb   SIbm   REb7 DO7 FA

Parlato:
I met Ezekiel Young from Salt Lake City 
about two years ago
And he told me he was single
And we hit it off right away
So, we started living together
He'd go to work, he'd come home
I'd fix him a drink, we'd have dinner
And then I found out
"Single" he told me
Single, my ass
Not only was he married
Oh no, he had six wives
One of those Mormons, you know?
So that night when he came home from work
I fixed him his drink as usual
You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic

DO#7       FA#
 He had it comin' 

(pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz)
   DO#7/5+ FA#
He had  it comin'
   DO#7/5+ FA#
He took  a flower 

(pop, six, squish, uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz)
       FA#7
In its prime
            SI
And then he used it (pop)
        SIm
And he abused it (six)
         RE7
It was a murder (squish)
    DO#7  FA#m
But not a crime
 
(Uh-uh, Cicero, Lipschitz)

Parlato:
Carving up a chicken for dinner (uh-uh)
Minding my own business (Cicero)
In storms my husband Wilbur 
in a jealous rage (Lipschitz)
"You been screwin' the milkman, " he says (pop)
He was crazy (six)
And he kept on screamin' (uh-uh)
"You been screwin' the milkman"
And then he ran into my knife
He ran into my knife ten times

              SI
If you'd have been there
              SIm
If you'd have seen it
         RE7            DO#7     FA#
I betcha you would have done the same!

FA#              SI7    FA#m
 Parlato:
Mit kersek, en itt?
Azt mondjok, 
hogy a hires lakóm lefogta a ferjemet
En meg Lecsaptam a fejet
SI7
 De nem igaz
RE7
 En artatlan vagyok
Nem tudom
Mert mondja Uncle Sam hogy en tettem
FA#m       FA#
 Probaltam
A rendorsegen megmayarazni de nem ertettek meg
Yeah, but did you do it?
Uh-uh, not guilty!

FA#          FA#7    SI   SIm   RE7  DO#7  FA#

Parlato:
My sister, Veronica and I had this double act
And my husband, Charlie traveled round 
with us (he only had himself to blame)
Now, for the last number in our act 
(if you'd have been there)
We did these twenty acrobatic tricks in a row
One, two, three, four, five, splits, 
spread eagles (if you'd have been there)
Back flips, flip flops
One right after the other (if you'd have seen it)
So this one night before the show, 
we're down at the Hotel Cicero (I betcha)
The three of us, boozin' 
(you would have done the same)
Havin' a few laughs
And we ran out of ice
So I go out to get some (he had it comin')
I come back, open the door
And there's Veronica and Charlie (he had it comin')
Doing number seventeen (he took a flower)
The spread eagle
Well, I was in such a state of shock
I completely blacked out, I can't remember a thing
It wasn't until later
When I was washing the blood off my hands
I even knew they were dead

DO7/5+       FA
 They had it comin' (they had it comin')
     DO7/5+ FA
They had it comin' (they had it comin')
     DO7/5+ FA          FA7
They had it comin' all along 

(they had it comin' all along)
         SIb
I didn't do it (she didn't do it)
           SIbm
But if I'd done it (but if she'd done it)
              REb7         DO7   FA
How could you tell me that I was wrong?

DO#7/5+      FA#
 They had it comin' (they had it comin')
     DO#7/5+ FA#
They had  it comin' (they had it comin')
     DO#7/5+ FA#         FA#7
They had  it comin' all along 

(they took a flower in its prime)
         SI
I didn't do it (and then they used it)
           SIm
But if I'd done it
              RE7          DO#7  FA#
How could you tell me that I was wrong?

FA#            FA#7    SI    SIm    RE7 DO#7 FA#

Parlato:
I loved Al Lipschitz
More than I can possibly say (he had it comin')
He was a real artistic guy
Sensitive, a painter
But he was always trying to find himself 
(he only had himself to blame)
He'd go out every night looking for himself
And on the way
He found Ruth (if you'd have been there)
Gladys
Rosemary and Irving (if you'd have seen it)
I guess you could say we broke up
Because of artistic differences 
(I betcha you would have done the same)
He saw himself as alive
And I saw him dead

          DO7
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
          DO#7
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
            FA#
They had it comin' (they had it comin')

They had it comin' (they had it comin')
                        FA#7
They had it comin' all along 

(they had it comin' all along)
               SI
'Cause if they used us ('cause if they used us)
          SIm
And they abused us (and they abused us)
              RE7          DO#7    FA#
How could you tell us that we were wrong?

          SOL
He had it comin' (he had it comin')

He had it comin' (he had it comin')
                       SOL7  
He only had himself to blame 

(he only had himself to blame)
              DO
If you'd have been there (if you'd have been there)
              DOm
If you'd have seen it (if you'd have seen it)
         MIb7           RE7      SOL
I betcha you would have done the same

Parlato:
You pop that gum one more time! Single my ass
Ten times! Miert csukott Uncle Same bortonbe
Number seventeen, the spread eagle
Artistic differences

Pop  Six  Squish  Uh-uh  Cicero  Lipschitz

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Cell Block Tango è un brano che fa parte dello spettacolo Chicago the Musical, scritto da John Kander per le musiche e Fred Ebb per i testi, nel 1975. Ennesimo capolavoro targato "Broadway", è ambientato nella città di Chicago nel cosiddetto "periodo d'oro del Jazz": gli anni Venti del Novecento, tra storie di corruzione e criminalità. La canzone è il quarto brano del primo atto e vede come interpreti un sestetto di donne detenute nella prigione della contea di Cook; nel testo spiegano, a turno, la loro motivazione.

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Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).